myCAS is developed using the very latest Microsoft .NET technologies.

Improve the efficiency, accuracy and performance of your bidding/estimation process by “myCAS” - The Construction Application System from Futica. The system has five modules

1. Contact Management
2. Estimation Management
3. Tendering Management
4. Sub Contractor Management
5. Project Management

Contact Management:

Using the Contact Management module of the System you can quickly and easily create invitations to bid, addenda or information forms. The screens are user-friendly making data entry fast, accurate, and easy. And, most important, the contact management offers quick access to the data you need to make decisions. If you are still using spreadsheets, yellow pages, and CSI code manuals? We have a solution for you. The software allows you filter information based on CSI codes (Divisions and sections), industry, labor type, area of specialty etc. It also gives you the option of creating your own user-definable filters to help your search for contact people easily and its less time consuming.

The module has an Integrated Fax to it whereby you can send out faxes to the whole division or section or select manually a few contacts to send faxes. You don’t have to waste precious time with yesterday’s technology; time is wasted standing over your fax machine sending faxes to subcontractors or clients or receiving important faxes. The integrated fax module can send and receive faxes for you and also keep a log

• Classify contacts by category and/or CSI divisions and Sections
• Multiple contacts and multiple locations for a single company
• Reliable Communication by Fax, Email or Printed Documents
• Communication Personalized with Your Company Information
• Search capabilities using filters like CSI codes, labor type, industry etc.
• Send faxes directly from computer without printing them
• Send faxes to a complete category of subcontractors or pick and choose

Estimation Management:

The estimating module gives you a complete solution built for today's complex building industry to help you streamline your cost estimating process whether working in commercial, industrial, residential, electrical construction or any other specialty.

The cost estimation module solution enables the estimators to quickly create, modify, update, delete, view, print project cost estimates. The Crux of the estimation software is that a profitable project is always based on a properly calculated estimate. The system enables the estimators to better anticipate project costs, improve project workflow and increase profitability. Its helps in improving the turn-around period, reduces chances of errors, customization of documents. The estimation module is professionally designed to satisfy the experienced estimators and handle complex projects. It is a powerful tool for professional estimators for cost estimating to improve the odds of success in the critical business of construction estimating.

The estimating module is backed by an item database that stores everything you need to build your estimates, including standard industry items and other estimating factors. You can customize your database to reflect your company's estimating procedures and policies by adding your own items, formulas, assemblies, and productivity and conversion factors.

• Multiple User environment
• Create estimates quickly and easily based on subcontractors bid or your own calculations
• Modify and update estimates
• Open multiple estimates
• Cut and paste items
• Lock-out feature
• Keep track of your previous bids
• Increased security
• Analyze and fine-tune

Subcontractor’s quotes can also be compared based on various factors to determine the “real” lowest bid. The software also keeps a performance record of the subcontractor based on which decisions could be taken.

Tendering Management:

The Bid Correspondence allows the user several different options when sending out any type of correspondence. It includes an Addenda Feature which handles various types of documents and attachments. It also allows multiple documents to be sent per project. Additionally, the Bid Correspondence includes a Report Feature which stores historical data with each disbursal of documents. Scan the tender document and keep complete information at one place, making it easy for co-workers to access information

• Maintains bid responses such as Will Bid, No Bid, and any other user-defined categories.
• Directs correspondence to primary contact or user established roles.
• You control the delivery method: email, fax, print; fax and print; print only or best available.
• Select existing projects to distribute Addenda to Bid or other information
• Archive photos
• Other user can access information easily
• Keep track of what is happening

Project Management:

A variety of reports can be viewed and printed for management and others concerned to understand the situation better. Access to these reports can by management password security.

You can customize reports to have summarized information at any level, insert formulas to perform calculations, and apply conditions to filter the information that prints. The report you prepare can be as simple or as complete as you wish. You can even embed photographs.

• Profitability Analysis (Making money or not)
• Bid to win ratio.
• What would happen if you increase margin of ½ percent